The combination of the UK’s departure from the EU, and the coronavirus pandemic, has caused uncertainty across the UK business ecosystem. As the UK’s largest city and the contributor of…
Category: Scenarios
The Future of London looks uncertain
The future prosperity of the United Kingdom depends in no small part on Financial Services, mostly based in London. This blog therefore sets out one scenario for the future of…
World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2021
Although the usual festival of the rich didn’t happen at Davos this year, the WEF did produce its usual annual report on global risks – the 16th edition. The analysis…
Vaccine nationalism?
Nine months ago I wrote an article for the Journal of Future Studies looking at four alternative post pandemic scenarios. This was also later carried on the SAMI website. Although…
Cyber Risk - Should boards be concerned?
The short answer is ‘yes’. Boards should be very concerned. Cyber risk is a growing threat for all organisations. If an organisation has not already suffered a cyber attack it…
Changing drivers of change – geo-political dynamics
The third of our revised set of drivers of change is an combination of three drivers from our previous set – poly-nodal world, economic growth and social cohesion (including inequality)…